Features & Tools

Use Chat

Chat with your participants without taking the focus off the speaker. React to the speaker without disrupting the speaker’s flow with an emoji.

Open the Collaborate Panel.

Click the chat bubble to open the Chat pane.

Enter text, or select a fun emoji!

Customize your chat notifications in My Settings.

Use Phone for Audio

Prefer to use your phone for your session’s audio? Collaborate Ultra has a phone bridge that can serve this purpose.

Open the Session Menu.

Select Use your phone for audio.

Call the phone number listed and enter the unique PIN provided for your session.

Whiteboard Markup

Use the Whiteboard tools to markup a blank whiteboard, or markup shared content in real-time with your session attendees. Draw lines, highlight sections of a shared document, annotate a graph.

On the shared Whiteboard or file, the tools available will be displayed in the upper-left portion of the interface.

Options include, text, pencil, shapes, and the ability to save the annotated content by right-clicking on the area and saving.

Technical Info

Collaborate Ultra is different from the Java-based Blackboard Collaborate that you may have experienced in the past. No Java installer or launcher application is required and, when using Chrome, Collaborate should seamlessly load into a new tab on your web browser. Use the information below to ensure you have an ideal experience.

System Requirements

Chrome web browserCertain critical functionality is only available when using Chrome as your web browser.

Mobile

iOS 8.0+

Android 4.0+

Must use the Blackboard app

Supported file types (for sharing)

File Types: PPT/PPTX, DOC/DOCX, PDF

Image Types: GIF, JPEG, PNG

Troubleshoot Issues

Use Google Chrome as your browser for all Collaborate Ultra interactions.

At this time, Chrome is the only supported browser for Collaborate Ultra. Critical functionality for Collaborate is only available within the Chrome web browser.

Experiencing connection alerts or missing elements of the session?

Collaborate uses your connection speed and quality to determine what can and cannot be viewed without interruption. If you are on a slower connection, the video stream may be stopped so the audio can proceed without interruption.